The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-05-28
WISCONSIN NEUs.

escaped on special plea OF insanity,
the jury finding that his numerous
marriages were due to a diseased
mind.
Burglars entered W. II. Morrisons
residence at Eau Claire and escaped
with S75 and a gold watch. Several
other houses were visited, but without
loss to the occupants.
The proposed La Crosse reunion of
the Thirty-sixth Wisconsin Infantry
and Company G, Berdan's Sharp
shooters, has been declared off on &C
count ofthe difficulty OF securing spe-
cial railroad rates.
PATRoLMAN HGLsCHLOEGER took
the body OF an unknown man from
the river near the Menomonee bridge,
Milwaukee, on the 21st. The body
was taken to the morgue.
Is a runaway accident at MiiWau-
kee, on the 22d, Philip Weiss, we'll
known grocer, was fatally hurt.
THE authorities OF Milwaukee have
ordered all the gambling houses in the
city to close up.
AT Washington, on the evening OF
the 10th inst, Miss Sarah Winston,
daughter OF Gov. Winston, OF Ala
bama, and Frank Macarthur, OF Wis
COnsin, were married.
JOSEPH GsANTNER, for sixteen years
a switchmaD On the St Paul road, was
run over by an engine near the stock
yards at Milwaukee, on the 2Oth, and
died while being carried to his home.
BURGLARS entered w. H. Morrisou's
10. ? /, k,r T,F
the 18th, and escaped with S75 and
gold watch. Several other houses were
visited, but without loss to the occu-
pants.
THE annual school census OF Mil
waukee is now being taken. The num-
Der OF people between the ages OF 4
and 20 is estimated at 5000, an in
crease OF about $500 over last year.
AT 6 O'Clock on the evening OF the
10Th, Mrs. VIM. Farran, of La Gro Sc,
lady aged about 80 years,
was found hanging to a rafter IN the
woodshed, dead. A strip OF bed tick
ing had been used for the purpose. She
was an estimable lady, the mother OF
family, had pleasant home. No
cause can be assigned for the deed, ex-
cept dependency, resulting from i'll
health.
A COMPANY to manufacture Lin
burger cheese has been formed at
Ridgeway, Iowa County.
THE Fourth Avenue Baptist Church
| at Eau Claire will be rebuilt, enlarging
the seating capacity.
ERIC CHRIsTlANsON, a farmer OF the
town OF Hamilton, La Crosse County,
was killed by the eoverturning OF s. car
riage in which he was riding with an
other man. Both were under the in
! fiuence of liquor. Deceased leaves a
wife and five children IN poverty.
| HENRY HANERsAAT, OF Nelson, Is un
| doubtedly the oldest settler OF Buffalo
| County residing upon the farm or
place first selected. lie has lived
| thirty-two years on the farm where
he now resides, never h wing left 1t,
except to 90 TO North Carolina in
| 1864.
| THE cask and vat factory OF Ries
| Brothers, Milwaukee, burned on the
| 10Th, causing q loss Of $1,000; in
surance $1,000.
THE body OF Louis Pddgradt was
| taken from the river near Poplar
| Street, Milwaukee, on the 1Sth. 1t
| had been in the water only few
| hours. His clothes were found on the
| dock, the police afterwards dragging
| for the body. It is believed that the
| young man committed suicide, as he
| had been out of work and very de-
spondent. Hewas unmarried.
The body OF John Wich, drowned at
La Crosse with Kate TheiSe, has been
recovered.
THE dwelling house Nick Ambrust,
in the town OF Sevastopol, Door COun-
| ty, was totally destroyed by fire, to-
gethar with its contents.
WHILE Mrs. John Pinnick, OF lorna
| do, Door County, was assisting her
husband in logging in the woods, she
was struck by log and badly injured,
one leg being broken.
CITIZENS OF Madison will form 60.
operative ice association to combat
high prices charged by dealers.
THE Milwaukee Knights OF Labor
have organized cooperative coal
ward. The concern has a capital
stock OF $4,000 in shares OF SO
each.
| HERMAN UECK, a fisherman, fell
from the fishing tug Louis Shultz into
| the lake OFF Milwaukee on the 18th
and was drowned. He was 20 years
| old and was unmarried.
! WORD has been received at La
| Crosse that John c. Beatty, formerly
| of that city, was drowned at Cedar
Rapids, Ia. Beatty is a son in-laW OF
| DR.. Reed. He was member OF the
| Order OF Chosen Friends and his
family will receive SO, 900.
john F. BURTON, c. K. Lsthrop and
| John A. Kennedy nave incor-
porated the Hidalgo Smelling Com
pany. The capital stock Is So 900,
900, divided into 2OO,0O shares, $25
each. The Office of the company is to
be located in Milwaukee, while the
works are ID be situated at CT near
the C5y o. Mexico. TIE purpose OF
| the company IS stated to be ''to mill
| smet and mine ores IN the United
| States and Mexico" Also 10 deal IN
| mining lands.
! TIE april report Of the State Board
| OF Charities and Reforms shows thai
there were 2,6l3 insane in the state
! hospitals and asylums during the
month, a net increase o. 81 over the
month before.
WARRANTS have been issued at Eau
| Claire tor the arrest OF Dick ThOmp-
son and his step.son Henry Iimmers,
! both farmers OF Pleasant Valley, Eau
| Claire County, charging them with
| forging and uttering II note OF 9bo-
Zimm. rs has been jailed. Thompson
| is still at large.
MILWAUKEE will have an exposition
| this season as usual, the desired guar
sntee fund OF $4,000 having been
| raised.
THE gun shop OF Eugene Marks, at
| Eau Claire, was entered by burglars
ard a Winchester rife and seven re
! yOlvers were stolen.
| LOUISA NUDGE, OF Florence, was
! fined $50 and costs for S-lIlDg liquor